I recently read that a LARGE number of soldiers are dissatisfied with the M9 pistol (for various reasons) but the single biggest reason is its lethality (or lack thereof). The Army is looking into fixes for the various reasons, and it’s holding off on looking into larger caliber replacements (which is what the soldiers want) hoping that the green ammo will make the puny M9 more lethal. I wonder what the percentage of US casualties from bureaucracy is? Maybe the Army knows more about guns and ammo than I give them credit for (I mean come on – they ARE the Army!). I wonder if barrel length, rifling pitch, jacket material, projectile shape, etc. combined with total expansion and/or expansion rates of the cartridge loads might actually have an appreciable effect on lethality? Anybody know?

See what I mean – probably not the right forum, huh?

It’s about all the rounds used in training and how the military is taking steps to reduce contamination. And as stated multiple times above, it’s a logical fallacy to assume just cuz something is “evil” to your standards, that we shouldn’t even try to minimize it’s impact on the environment.

And thanks for pigeonholing everyone that cares about the environment as peace hippies. Loving the Earth and supporting the military is not mutually exclusive.

We have guns, we have a military and we have hunters. Lead free ammo is great.

And yes, I write for Green Options AND I belong to the NRA, go chew on that one.